And, more often than not, you were right.”Patricia Mary McKenzie was born on March 25, 1942, in Eastney, a district of Portsmouth on the south coast, to Richard and Mary Patricia (Shaw) McKenzie. In her memoir, Ms. Woodburn wrote of delivering a stillborn baby when she was 23 and burying him in a park in Liverpool, where she was living at the time, digging his grave with a wooden spoon. Ms. Woodburn worked as a beautician and then as a social worker caring for girls in juvenile detention centers. After she married Mr. Woodburn, the two became live-in housekeepers for wealthy families in America, Norway and Britain. Mr. Woodburn survives her.

Source: The Times June 21, 2025 19:40 UTC